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Book SynopsisPublished in association with the United Nations, this book builds on the existing body of literature on gender and democratization by looking at the relevance of national machineries for the advancement of women.
Table of ContentsSection one - Conceptual frameworks: Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women - mainstreaming gender, democratizing the State?, Shirin M. Rai; Gender mainstreaming, a conceptual framewor, Kathleen Staudt. Section two - Comparative analyses: National women 's machinery - State-based institutions to advocate for gender equality, Anne-Marie Goetz; National women 's machineries - Structures and spaces, Nuket Kardam and Selma Acuner. Section three - Case studies: The role of the women 's movement in institutionalizing a gender focus in public policy - the Ecuadorian Experience, Silvia Vega Ugalde; National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women, the Women's Movement, and Gender Mainstreaming in the Philippines, Jurgette Honculada and Rosalinda Pineda Ofreneo; National machinery for gender equality in Sweden and other Nordic Countries, Birgitta Aseskog; Gender awareness and the national machineries in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Zuzana Jezerska; Women's national Commission in the UK - potential and possibilities, Wendy Stokes; The national machinery for gender equality in Uganda - institutionalized gesture politics?, Joy C. Kwesiga; National commission for women - the Indian experience, Shirin M. Rai The life and times of women 's policy machinery in Australia, Marian. Sawer
